LIMA (Reuters) – Hundreds of protesters in Peru’s capital marched on Friday to demand the scrapping of a new law that describes transgender people, among others, as having a mental illness so they can access health benefits. Around 500 demonstrators peacefully walked the streets of downtown Lima, hoisting banners with …

Sepang Municipal Council (MPSepang) has been instructed to expedite the slope restoration and landslide repairs to the hillside of Cassia Garden Residence in Cyberjaya. Deputy Housing and Local Government Minister Datuk Aiman Athirah Sabu, who visited the landslide area, said the 8m-deep landslide is currently active. She said repair works …

CAIRO (Reuters): Israeli forces battled Hamas fighters in the narrow alleyways of Jabalia in northern Gaza on Friday (May 17) in some of the fiercest engagements since they returned to the area a week ago, while in the south fighters attacked tanks massing around Rafah. Residents said Israeli armour had …

KUALA LUMPUR: The Road Transport Department (JPJ) is mulling going undercover to detect individuals who rent their vehicles to foreigners without a driving licence. JPJ senior enforcement director Muhammad Kifli Ma Hassan said they would also use social media to find those involved in such activities. “We will get our …

AN INITIATIVE aimed at boosting mangrove conservation awareness among schoolchildren took place in Kota Tinggi, Johor. The Mangrove Forests Education and Awareness carnival was part of the Mangrove Forest Ranger programme involving schools in the district. Ten schools participated in numerous activities over the course of two weeks in an …

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Crypto lender Genesis Global received court approval on Friday to return about $3 billion in cash and cryptocurrency to its customers in a bankruptcy liquidation, leaving its owner, Digital Currency Group, with no recovery from the bankruptcy. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Sean Lane approved Genesis’ Chapter 11 …

(Reuters) – Dabney Coleman, a character actor who brought a glorious touch of smarm to the screen in playing comedic villains, mean-spirited bosses and outright jerks in films such as “9 to 5” and “Tootsie,” has died at age 92. Coleman “took his last earthly breath peacefully and exquisitely” in …

TASHKENT: Malaysia and Uzbekistan have agreed to explore opportunities for cooperation in the petrochemicals sector and clean green energy solutions, say Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim and Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev. The Uzbek side has expressed a keen interest in collaborating with PETRONAS, particularly through the methanol-to-olefins (MTO) …

A mussel farm in Kampung Pasir Gudang Baru will be promoted as a major eco-tourism destination. Pasir Gudang mayor Datuk Asman Shah Abd Rahman said the mussel farm was the largest in Malaysia. He said the farm would be highlighted as a place to visit under the Visit Pasir Gudang …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S sees it as a “very open question” whether Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro can win re-election if he holds a free vote in July, and Washington is trying to ensure the ballot is credible in the face of significant obstacles, a senior U.S. official said on …